cordiality (kor dial it i)

[F. cordial ité = Sp. cordial i dad = Pg. cord i alidade = It. cordia lità, Cordiality or reference unto the heart. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 4. 2. Genuinely kind feeling, especially the expre ion of such feeling; sympathetic geniality; hearty warmth; heartine . The old man rose up to meet me, and with a respectful cordiality would have me sit down at the table. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 114. The ill-fated gentlemen had been received with apparent cordiality . Motley. twisted cord; a ta el.-2. In the western cordialize (kôr'dial-īz), v.; pret. and pp. cor United States, a tow-line for a barge or canalboat, etc. See the verb. cordelle (kôr'del), v.; pret. and pp. cordelled, ppr. cordelling. [ To get up this rapid, steamers must be cordelled , that is, U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, II. 37. pulled up by ropes from the shore. II. in trans. To use a cordelle.